diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_spq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_spq.c
index caff41544898baed09f45a41829cb0ba9c719fb9..259a6156c761c0b498f3500e966d9f34ebb695a0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_spq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_spq.c
@@ -37,7 +37,11 @@
 ***************************************************************************/
 
 #define SPQ_HIGH_PRI_RESERVE_DEFAULT    (1)
-#define SPQ_BLOCK_SLEEP_LENGTH          (1000)
+
+#define SPQ_BLOCK_DELAY_MAX_ITER        (10)
+#define SPQ_BLOCK_DELAY_US              (10)
+#define SPQ_BLOCK_SLEEP_MAX_ITER        (1000)
+#define SPQ_BLOCK_SLEEP_MS              (5)
 
 /***************************************************************************
 * Blocking Imp. (BLOCK/EBLOCK mode)
@@ -57,53 +61,81 @@ static void qed_spq_blocking_cb(struct qed_hwfn *p_hwfn,
 	smp_wmb();
 }
 
-static int qed_spq_block(struct qed_hwfn *p_hwfn,
-			 struct qed_spq_entry *p_ent,
-			 u8 *p_fw_ret)
+static int __qed_spq_block(struct qed_hwfn *p_hwfn,
+			   struct qed_spq_entry *p_ent,
+			   u8 *p_fw_ret, bool sleep_between_iter)
 {
-	int sleep_count = SPQ_BLOCK_SLEEP_LENGTH;
 	struct qed_spq_comp_done *comp_done;
-	int rc;
+	u32 iter_cnt;
 
 	comp_done = (struct qed_spq_comp_done *)p_ent->comp_cb.cookie;
-	while (sleep_count) {
-		/* validate we receive completion update */
+	iter_cnt = sleep_between_iter ? SPQ_BLOCK_SLEEP_MAX_ITER
+				      : SPQ_BLOCK_DELAY_MAX_ITER;
+
+	while (iter_cnt--) {
+		/* Validate we receive completion update */
 		smp_rmb();
 		if (comp_done->done == 1) {
 			if (p_fw_ret)
 				*p_fw_ret = comp_done->fw_return_code;
 			return 0;
 		}
-		usleep_range(5000, 10000);
-		sleep_count--;
+
+		if (sleep_between_iter)
+			msleep(SPQ_BLOCK_SLEEP_MS);
+		else
+			udelay(SPQ_BLOCK_DELAY_US);
 	}
 
+	return -EBUSY;
+}
+
+static int qed_spq_block(struct qed_hwfn *p_hwfn,
+			 struct qed_spq_entry *p_ent,
+			 u8 *p_fw_ret, bool skip_quick_poll)
+{
+	struct qed_spq_comp_done *comp_done;
+	int rc;
+
+	/* A relatively short polling period w/o sleeping, to allow the FW to
+	 * complete the ramrod and thus possibly to avoid the following sleeps.
+	 */
+	if (!skip_quick_poll) {
+		rc = __qed_spq_block(p_hwfn, p_ent, p_fw_ret, false);
+		if (!rc)
+			return 0;
+	}
+
+	/* Move to polling with a sleeping period between iterations */
+	rc = __qed_spq_block(p_hwfn, p_ent, p_fw_ret, true);
+	if (!rc)
+		return 0;
+
 	DP_INFO(p_hwfn, "Ramrod is stuck, requesting MCP drain\n");
 	rc = qed_mcp_drain(p_hwfn, p_hwfn->p_main_ptt);
-	if (rc != 0)
+	if (rc) {
 		DP_NOTICE(p_hwfn, "MCP drain failed\n");
+		goto err;
+	}
 
 	/* Retry after drain */
-	sleep_count = SPQ_BLOCK_SLEEP_LENGTH;
-	while (sleep_count) {
-		/* validate we receive completion update */
-		smp_rmb();
-		if (comp_done->done == 1) {
-			if (p_fw_ret)
-				*p_fw_ret = comp_done->fw_return_code;
-			return 0;
-		}
-		usleep_range(5000, 10000);
-		sleep_count--;
-	}
+	rc = __qed_spq_block(p_hwfn, p_ent, p_fw_ret, true);
+	if (!rc)
+		return 0;
 
+	comp_done = (struct qed_spq_comp_done *)p_ent->comp_cb.cookie;
 	if (comp_done->done == 1) {
 		if (p_fw_ret)
 			*p_fw_ret = comp_done->fw_return_code;
 		return 0;
 	}
-
-	DP_NOTICE(p_hwfn, "Ramrod is stuck, MCP drain failed\n");
+err:
+	DP_NOTICE(p_hwfn,
+		  "Ramrod is stuck [CID %08x cmd %02x protocol %02x echo %04x]\n",
+		  le32_to_cpu(p_ent->elem.hdr.cid),
+		  p_ent->elem.hdr.cmd_id,
+		  p_ent->elem.hdr.protocol_id,
+		  le16_to_cpu(p_ent->elem.hdr.echo));
 
 	return -EBUSY;
 }
@@ -729,7 +761,8 @@ int qed_spq_post(struct qed_hwfn *p_hwfn,
 		 * access p_ent here to see whether it's successful or not.
 		 * Thus, after gaining the answer perform the cleanup here.
 		 */
-		rc = qed_spq_block(p_hwfn, p_ent, fw_return_code);
+		rc = qed_spq_block(p_hwfn, p_ent, fw_return_code,
+				   p_ent->queue == &p_spq->unlimited_pending);
 
 		if (p_ent->queue == &p_spq->unlimited_pending) {
 			/* This is an allocated p_ent which does not need to